Owner Kathy Trainor, 69, point out local artist Dave Saline’s paintings displayed in her store Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Antiques are displayed at the Antique Arcade in Redlands, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Antique Arcade is closing shop after 30 years as current owners Kathy and Dan Trainor plan to retire. (Photo by Rachel Luna, Redlands Daily Facts/SCNG)

Kathy and Dan Trainor’s love for antiquing developed organically, a natural byproduct of the time they owned an 1897 Victorian home in Sacramento.

The couple of 41 years bought the house in the 1980s, and eventually made their way to Southern California. Now, after more than 20 years running Antique Arcade on Outer Highway 10 in Redlands, the couple is ready to leave the day-to-day antiquing world behind them.

The 1,000-square-foot shop that the Trainors jokingly say is Kathy’s “therapist” will close Nov. 20.

“We are both in excellent health, so I want to get out and travel more,” Kathy Trainor explained as she organized goods in her shop on recent afternoon. “But antiques will always have a place in our hearts. It’s in our blood. It’s hard to give up.”

Antique Arcade opened its doors more than 30 years ago, and Trainor believes it is the oldest antique shop in the area. The couple purchased the shop 23 years ago after its original owners put an ad in a local newspaper. Trainor left a job in management in Napa Auto Parts to run the store full-time.

The decision to close was not an easy one. In fact, the idea has been a year in the making, and with Dan Trainor retired from his line of work and the want to travel more and adopt a shelter dog, now seems to be the right time, the couple said.

“It has been absolute hoot. I’ve had wonderful customers and the experience is something I wouldn’t trade for anything,” Kathy Trainor said. “I owe a huge thank you to (them), and will miss them all tremendously. We have shared sadness, triumph and so many stories. I’m going to miss that a great deal, but we’re ready to move to the next chapter in our lives.”

Among the shop’s customers is Dave Saline, a Redlands artist whose work is not only sold at the store but adorns the shop walls. The relationship between the Trainors and Saline was established while he was looking for antique furniture with his wife.

“Over the years I probably sold somewhere between 15-18 paintings there, and she has been really good at not only hanging my artwork and selling it, but has given me advice on framing,” Saline said. “I’m very sad to hear she’s closing down the shop, because I consider her a close friend as well at this point. She has been really good to my family.”

Trainor, too, will miss the interactions she has with Saline and her regulars.

She said her best memories involved helping men pick up the perfect piece of jewelry for their significant others. And she believes she is good at it, too.

“I have always had a policy that if someone doesn’t like the jewelry, they can bring it back for store credit,” Trainor said. “In 23 1/2 years in business, I’ve had one woman bring a piece back because the ring was too small and she selected something else. That has been a satisfaction for me: seeing the look on their face. That I’m going to miss.”

The Trainors are hoping to move pieces inside their shop during a special retirement sale going on now. Whatever is left behind will go with the couple and could end up being sold at a later time. But Kathy Trainor especially hopes pieces will go to others who will find joy in the ones they select as opposed to collecting dust elsewhere.

In the meantime, the couple has a few items to check off a “must do” list: including traveling along Highway 1 to see family in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and adding to their family with a new dog. They also want to become more active with their synagogue, Congregation Emanu El, and the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital.

“This is the next phase in our lives,” Kathy Trainor said.

Antique Arcade is at 31629 Outer Highway 10 and is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

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